Deadly tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama and Georgia on Thursday, March 25, leaving behind a 100-mile path of destruction. VOLUNTEER INFORMATION ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA | SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA | NEWNAN, GEORGIA Areas in and around Birmingham and points east were hit hard by the latest storms. Newnan, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, also reported widespread…
A Calling to Serve
Helping tornado victims is profoundly personal for Samaritan’s Purse volunteer Chris Bailey. He experienced a twister first-hand as a child and also the power of selfless service to help upturned lives. Chris is volunteering with Samaritan’s Purse to assist families in Calhoun County, Alabama, after several tornadoes carved a 100-mile track of destruction through the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Alabama Family Thankful for Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are hard at work across multiple locations in Alabama after powerful tornadoes and storms devastated a number of communities. We are clearing yard debris, cutting up fallen trees, and covering damaged roofs with heavy-duty tarp material. Among the homeowners we have helped is Michael Beck, who survived a twister that touched down…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responding in Flooded Nashville
Rivers and creeks in Nashville, Tennessee, were near their highest levels in more than a decade after torrential rainfall triggered flash flooding throughout the city. Scores of homes were damaged. Sadly, at least seven deaths have been reported. We have staff members on the ground alongside one of our disaster relief units—a tractor trailer filled…
Nuestro Ministerio
Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers Serve in Flooded Nashville
Update (April 12): Our response in Nashville was completed on April 10. Volunteers worked hard in the Nashville, Tennessee, area where heavy rains caused severe flooding and widespread damage. More than seven inches of rain in less than 48 hours made this the second highest two-day rainfall in Nashville history and resulted in a deadly…
Teachers Offer Lesson in Service
Hours after an EF-4 tornado forged a path of destruction through Newnan, Georgia, families awoke to a town unrecognizable. The dawn light revealed damage that stretched for miles—reducing community blocks to piles of splinters and fallen trees. “It was kind of like walking into a war zone: houses gone, people just wandering the streets with…
Proyectos de construcción
"El día más feliz de mi vida"
Leticia Jaimes wiped away tears as she walked through her new home for the first time. She paused in the living room, overwhelmed, and fell into the embrace of her mother, Elena. Mother and daughter hugged and cried together, knowing that this day would mark the beginning of many new family memories. “For years, we…
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Severe Flooding in Lake Charles
Updated: May 21 with video on May 23 Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, after torrential rain caused serious flooding across the southern part of the state. As much as 12.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Lake Charles, where people are still recovering from two hurricanes (Delta and Laura) that…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
‘God Is Looking After Me’
Some seven months ago, Samaritan’s Purse assisted homeowner Mel Williams and more than 900 other families following destruction from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Last week, deadly flooding swept through Lake Charles and our teams deployed once again to bring relief to hurting families in Louisiana. “We’ve had a pretty rough couple of months,” Mel explained.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Team Patriot Volunteers Help a Fellow Veteran in Louisiana
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a working-class town of nearly 78,000 people, are weather weary. They have seen their city ravaged by two hurricanes, crippled by an ice storm, and inundated by floodwaters—all within the past nine months. First, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, roared into Lake Charles in late August. It was the…
